A self-confessed Elon Musk hater was filmed issuing a groveling apology after he was tracked down and confronted for allegedly carving a swastika onto a Tesla.
Chadd Ritenbaugh, 55, was slapped with a slew of expenses in Pennsylvania after being confronted by the livid Tesla proprietor over the alleged incident exterior a Planet Health in Doylestown, cops stated.
The automobile’s digicam captured a vandal parking subsequent to the Tesla simply earlier than 9:30 a.m. March 24 earlier than all of a sudden leaping out, glancing round and crouching right down to mark the automotive.
The Tesla proprietor solely came upon once they acquired house and located “scratches within the form of a swastika” on the aspect of the automotive, main him to the footage of the vandal at work, police stated.
It confirmed the suspect going to the health club, and “Planet Health employees was in a position to establish the suspect by his membership” after he scanned in together with his card, cops stated.
Earlier than Ritenbaugh was arrested, he was filmed being confronted by the Tesla proprietor, who repeatedly requested if he scratched a swastika into the automotive with a key.
“I’m sorry, I’ve nothing in opposition to your automotive, and I’ve nothing in opposition to you,” Ritenbaugh may very well be heard saying meekly.
“Clearly, I’ve one thing in opposition to Elon Musk,” he stated of the Tesla proprietor.
At one level, Ritenbaugh denied utilizing a key to etch the markings and as an alternative insisted he’d solely used a crayon — blaming it on him being “misguided.”
Ritenbaugh was booked on legal mischief, harassment and disorderly conduct expenses.
The shameless ordeal is simply the newest in a spate of vandalism assaults concentrating on Tesla house owners and dealerships throughout the nation.
A lot of the violence in opposition to the electrical automotive firm has been fueled by Musk’s new position as President Trump’s most important cost-cutter with the Division of Environmental Effectivity.
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